On Tuesday 26 September 2006 17:21, Mike Horn wrote: > Hi, > > I'm now able to log into my UML guest system (thanks!), but when I use vi > within the guest I can't edit properly, it appears that there is some > character mapping issue. Basically, I can't enter insert mode and then I > can't use :q! to close the vi session it just hangs. I can enter text into > a file using 'cat > filename', but this isn't very productive.
I'd check the value of $TERM. It is set in /etc/inittab through an option to *getty. You're likely seeing the login prompt in an xterm, so you should have TERM=xterm. A login prompt is likely to be configured to have TERM=linux. IIRC, the needed change is from a line such as: 2:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty2 to 2:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty2 xterm I've just appended "xterm". To reload inittab you need killall -HUP init. Please check in man mingetty (use your getty) and man init. > I'm logging into the UML guest by ssh'ing to the host system (FC5 - 2.6.18) > and then running the UML kernel instance and logging into the tty0 > 'console'. Let me know what additional information I can provide to figure > out what isn't working. > > Thanks, > > -mike -- Inform me of my mistakes, so I can keep imitating Homer Simpson's "Doh!". Paolo Giarrusso, aka Blaisorblade http://www.user-mode-linux.org/~blaisorblade Chiacchiera con i tuoi amici in tempo reale! http://it.yahoo.com/mail_it/foot/*http://it.messenger.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-user
